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Andy Ihnatko on Verizon Droid "iDon't" ads: baloney (mostly)
Most American television viewers have been treated recently to endless reruns of Verizon's "iDon't" advertisements. These ads attack the iPhone, playing music that's similar to that played in iPhone ads while displaying a series of messages stating such brilliant and cutting phrases as "iDon't have a real keyboard," "iDon't run simultaneous apps," and so on.Mac fan and Chicago Sun-Times writer Andy Ihnatko was apparently as fed up with the ads as most of us here at TUAW, so he took Verizon to task in a Wednesday column. In the column, he takes on Verizon's claims and for the most part finds them lacking or at least overblown.In describing the faults of the ad campaign, Ihnatko says "Its claims about the limitations of the iPhone are baloney (Mostly.)"
Andy has been testing the new Motorola Droid phone for an upcoming review, and he does like the phone -- a lot. But his take on the ad campaign is right on the mark: "Verizon's 'iDon't' is a terrible commercial. It provokes experienced iPhone users like me to get all Tyra Banks on the phone and the Android 2.0 OS. That can't possibly be good for business."
Don't mess with us iPhone fans, Verizon...
[via Chicago Sun-Times]
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Remember
"Middle Seat," the ad that featured an iBook-wielding airline passenger? For some inexplicable reason, he
decides he's just got to work on his iMovie project during the flight, and he commandeers the dining
trays of the poor people sitting on his left and right, which he immediately fills with his computer, camera, Palm (why
he needs this is a mystery) and stacks of CDs. Finally, he blasts his music and wakes the sleeping passengers.
"Middle Seat" indeed. I've always thought of this ad as "Obnoxious Jerk." I like to think that, in
the moments just after the story ended, the guy in the tie gave this kid a pounding.
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